Mavericks surf break

Mavericks surfForecast / CAL – San Mateo / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Friday 22 Aug 2025 PDT
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Mavericks surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Mavericks sea temperature is
16.8° C
(Which is 2.2°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Mavericks today?

The current surf forecast for Mavericks at 12PM is: 1.2m 7s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.4m 13s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00am August 22). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (22 Aug)4.5ft (1.3m)8s
Afternoon (22 Aug)4.5ft (1.3m)8s
Evening (22 Aug)2ft (0.6m)16s

Table - waves today at Mavericks. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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Friday
22
Saturday
23
Sunday
24
Mon
25
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.3
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.3
WNW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.6
SSW
0.4
SW
0.6
SSW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
Period(s) (?)888161616161616161515141414222121211421142020
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)299279491292290262258231252221303284193180186286282323319288329346383357
Wind
(km/h)
15
NW
15
WNW
20
WNW
15
NW
15
NW
10
NW
10
NW
10
NW
10
WNW
15
W
15
WNW
15
WNW
15
NW
10
NW
10
WNW
10
NW
10
NW
15
WNW
20
WNW
15
WNW
15
NW
15
NW
15
NW
10
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:34AM
1.52
10:33PM
1.85
12:05PM
1.55
11:18PM
1.77
12:34PM
1.57
12:02AM
1.65
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:43PM
0.70
5:25AM
-0.09
5:28PM
0.62
5:58AM
0.02
6:11PM
0.55
Friday
22
Saturday
23
Sunday
24
Mon
25
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Sunset---7:52-------7:52-------7:50----
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Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C121515151313121213151514131414131315151413131314
Feels °C (?)101312131112111112131312111313121213121211111113
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for CAL - San Mateo

  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at Mavericks (light winds from the NNW at Half Moon Bay Airport (California) 2 km from Mavericks). 1.6m 7s swell from the NW with a 0.7m 7s swell from the WNW. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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9 km/h
NNW
Clean
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